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Burned in the San Marcos fire, a San Angelo Central High School grad faces a long recovery

Zach Sutterfield, a 2017 San Angelo Central High School graduate who suffered extensive burns in a San Marcos apartment fire last week, has a long recovery ahead.

A Facebook update by Central teacher Julie Schniers, posted with permission from Sutterfield's family, said doctors told the family Sutterfield will have to stay at the San Antonio Military Medical Center about 210 days.

Sutterfield is in critical but stable condition after suffering third-degree burns on 70 percent on his body, Schniers said. His recovery timeline could change if there are any problems, such as infections.

The massive fire that broke out at the Iconic Village apartments and spread to the Vintage Pads apartments Friday, July 20, 2018, killed at least five people and displaced about 200.

Investigators do not yet know the origin or cause of the fire.

Five bodies have been found during search and recovery efforts, and they were sent for autopsy and identification. It is not yet clear whether they are the five people who were reported unaccounted for after the fire: James Miranda, Haley Frizzell, Belinda Moats, David Ortiz and Dru Estes.

Family members and friends of Frizzell, who also graduated from Central in 2017, have said she was killed in the fire.